The ABCs of Behavioural Biases Conclusion
We’ll wrap our series, the ABCs of Behavioural Biases, by repeating our initial premise: Your own behavioural biases are often the greatest threat to your financial well-being. We hope we’ve demonstrated the many ways this…
The ABCs of Behavioural Biases (S–Z)
We’re coming in for a landing on our alphabetic run-down of behavioural biases. Today, we’ll present the final line-up: sunk cost fallacy and tracking error regret. Sunk Cost Fallacy What is it? Sunk cost fallacy…
The ABCs of Behavioural Biases (O–R)
So many financial behavioural biases, so little time! Today, let’s take a few minutes to cover our next batch of biases: overconfidence, pattern recognition and recency. Overconfidence What is it? No sooner do we recover…
The ABCs of Behavioural Biases (H–O)
There are so many investment-impacting behavioural biases, we could probably identify at least one for nearly every letter in the alphabet. Today, we’ll continue with the most significant ones by looking at: hindsight, loss aversion,…
The ABCs of Behavioural Biases (F–H)
Let’s continue our alphabetic tour of common behavioural biases that distract otherwise rational investors from making best choices about their wealth. Today, we’ll tackle: fear, framing, greed and herd mentality. Fear What is it? You…
The ABCs of Behavioural Biases (A–F)
Welcome back to our “ABCs of Behavioural Biases.” Today, we’ll get started by introducing you to four self-inflicted biases that knock a number of investors off-course: anchoring, blind spot, confirmation and familiarity bias. Anchoring Bias…
